Bengtskär
Bengtskär is a skerry in the outer archipelago of the Archipelago Sea in Finland, at the entrance to Gulf of Finland, with the tallest lighthouse in the Nordic countries. It is open for visitors, providing dinners, accommodation and sauna.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Marjutlo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: skerry in Kimitoön, Finland
- Also known as: “Bengtskaer” and “Benskär”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bengtskär Lighthouse.
Bengtskär Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Pöllö, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bengtskär Lighthouse is located in the Archipelago Sea about 25 kilometers south west of Hanko, Finland. The lighthouse was built in 1906 on the Bengtskär skerry where it rises 52 meters above sea level and is the highest one in the Nordic countries.
Bengtskär
- Categories: skerry, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Kimitoön, Åboland-Turunmaa, Archipelago Sea, Finland Proper, West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.723° or 59° 43′ 23″ northLongitude
22.4986° or 22° 29′ 55″ eastElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
9GF4PFFX+6COpenStreetMap ID
way 4572483OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
660736Wikidata ID
Q817249
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Bengtskär” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bengtskär”
- Chinese: “本特礁”
- Dutch: “Bengtskär”
- Finnish: “Bengtskär”
- French: “Bengtskar”
- French: “Bengtskär”
- German: “Bengtskär”
- Italian: “Bengtskar”
- Italian: “Bengtskär”
- Japanese: “ベンクトゥシャール”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bengtskär”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bengtskär”
- Polish: “Bengtskär”
- Portuguese: “Bengtskär”
- Russian: “Бенгтшер”
- Spanish: “Bengtskär”
- Swedish: “Bengtskär”
- Turkish: “Bengtskär”
- Ukrainian: “Бенгтшер”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Bengtskär”. Photo: Marjutlo, CC BY-SA 4.0.